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The area is the only coastal wetland in Gaza with unique biological diversity and one of the few wetlands on the easternmost Mediterranean coast, under pressure on its landscape due to human activities and land development. [1] The route of Wadi Gaza across the Gaza Strip is about 9 km of the total length of 105 km.
The Gaza section of the Coastal Aquifer is the only significant source of water in the Gaza Strip. [10] The Wadi Gaza runs through a wetland, the Gaza Valley, and as of 2012 it is used as a wastewater dump. [11] In 2022 rehabilitation began to turn Wadi Gaza back into a Nature Reserve. [12]
Wadi Gaza Coastal wetlands Gaza Strip: 5722; x (natural) 2 April 2012 Wadi Gaza is most identified with its plethora of meanders; notably, the part at the Gaza Strip border has eight. The river gradually widens as it nears its mouth which spans 100 meters.
In early October, Israel ordered the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern Gaza to south of Wadi Gaza, a strip of wetlands bisecting the enclave.
The coastal plain of Gaza is composed of sand dunes and fertile sandy sediments. Except for a porous calcareous sandstone called kurkar in Arabic, there are no other rocks in this region. In contrast, the West Bank is dominated by low mountains: Mount Gerizim (881m), Nabi Samwil (890m), and Mount Scopus (826m). The rocks are principally ...
Taur Ikhbeineh is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) inland from Gaza's Mediterranean coast. When the site was established in the prehistoric period it was likely located near an estuary of the Wadi Gaza, and the coast was closer. [1] The extent of the site is uncertain though it is likely that it has been reduced by erosion over the millennia.
WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — A ship carrying 200 tons of aid approached the coast of Gaza on Friday in a mission to inaugurate a sea route from Cyprus to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis ...
While the world is focused on the war in Gaza, tensions have risen in the occupied West Bank, where 55 Palestinians were killed over the past week in clashes with Israeli troops, arrest raids and ...